spiska sobota Photo

Photographer’s Note

The Slovakian city of Poprad is, in my humble opinion, far from being an attractive city. The numerous factories, districts of tower blocks, architectural chaos, all this makes it an overwhelming city where it's hard to find a cosy corner. However, there is one exception, an oasis of old architecture in the concrete paradise. It is Spiska Sobota, whose name derives from the fair held there every Saturday in the Middle Ages. In the picture you've got the high street lined with splendid buildings.

syd1946, lilimih33, Dyerco, nex, paura, ekinokswest has marked this note useful

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syd1946 (17807) 2007-09-10 12:26

Hello Kris,
I like the very low pov you choose for this shot.Well composed and excellent exposure for this atmospheric night shot with architectural interesting!

Best wishes,
Thomas

Karpiu (1498) 2007-09-10 13:53

Fajny kadr. Przymnkalbym jednak przyslone troche bardziej, zeby zwiekszyc glebie ostrosci, male mydelko robi sie pod koniec, ale za to swiatlo i klimat sa pierwszorzedne:)
Pozdrawiam,
Robert

jurek1951 (25724) 2007-09-10 15:09

Witam Kris,
ladne swiatlo,dobre kolory,kadr tez dobry,przyjemny nastruj na tym zdieciu,pozdrawiam
Jurek

lilimih33 (9870) 2007-09-10 16:16

Hello Kris!
Lovely perspective in your night shot!
Beautiful colours, light and sharpness!
Excellent done!
Best regards!
Lili

Dyerco (8850) 2007-09-10 21:26

The foreground is amazingly sharp considering you used F2.8 but well done. This is a nice composition and warm lighting.
Phil

nex (2686) 2007-09-11 6:22 [Comment]

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paura (37736) 2007-10-05 19:28

Kris,
Very nice noturne shot here. The urban details in the night are very well composed. Nice shot indeed.

Paulo

ekinokswest (2972) 2008-04-26 12:35

despite your explanation I like this small town it looks very bright during nighttime as your photo explains

Greg1949 (8507) 2008-04-30 3:42

Kris,

In surfing your gallery I saw that many of your shot have big scores and some go nearly uncritiqued. With that thought in mind I thought I would comment on this one since it has good bones. I like the exposure, the colors seem right for a night shot but I think that if the f-stop were larger (and the shutter durataion increased accordingly) there would be better sharpness. Even with that the one thing that I think really needs changing is the back tilt of the buildings.

I hope you find this helpful, I wish more of the comments here on TE were honestly critical rather than affirmations of a good shot. Overall the shot is appealing and I really like the monochromatic fg detail.

Greg